You don't see how you've signed away the right to build a fence of the HOA says no? Well you can split hairs all you like, but you still won't be allowed to build a fence. Also FWIW, the association doesn't own the neighborhood; each plot of land is owned by individuals, and the street is public property.
If your kids tear pages out of some of your books, do you think that publishers should give you another copy for "just the cost of media?"
Your argument is absurd, this was never expected from book or magazine publishers, VHS tapes or DVDs, why do you expect that software companies should give you a disc that got destroyed?
Maybe you should keep things out of reach of your kids if they are that destructive.
My problem with what they did though is that if they wanted to show him a piece of the movie, why not grab the movie trailer off the internet? There is no reason to record a movie while you're watching it in a theater.
How does the theater know they were only planning to record a bit of the film? How do they know they weren't trying to film the whole movie?
If they win, nothing will happen. Most people see how stupid someone is for using a camcorder in a movie theater.
Dangermouse's Grey album, like all mashups that haven't had their rights negotiated with the original artists' legal representatives are illegal.
Well, thank you for your ruling your honor.
Once upon a time, breaking the law was thought of as vaguely 'bad' and 'disgraceful', so the term sounds fine to me.
And then we were flooded with stupid laws, laws that most people don't want, and laws that were just downright immoral to enforce.
Saying that breaking a law (like the "blacks in back" from the 60s) is always bad or disgraceful is just plain stupid. We should not follow laws just because they are there, they need to reflect our beliefs and protect our freedom.
I believe the parent was claiming that if you *buy* the house, then *you* should have the right to decide if you have pets, not the seller. Once you sell somebody a house, you no longer have the rights to dictate what they can and cannot do with the house, because you sold the rights to them. Why shouldn't the same common sense apply to electronics?
I guess you've never heard of home owners associations though, where you DO *own* the house but signed away your rights to do certain things. For example, building a fence.
Oh please. The motivation for mod chips is to play games that you didn't buy. I'm not saying I think mod chips should be illegal, but don't try to claim that its mostly for legitimate purposes.
So are you suggesting that Microsoft are above placing pressure on an OEM not to bundle any OS other than Windows with their hardware?
I'm suggesting that such a demand would get them into a lot of trouble and not stop Acer from doing so if they thought there was a market for it. Acer said its customers weren't demanding Linux, so instead of simply taking them at face value, you need some grand conspiracy as to why Linux isn't being offered everywhere. Note that Dell is offering Linux, so its unlikely that Acer feels pressure from MS.
Oh, I see. It's not that MS aren't engaged in anti competitive practices, just you think it's terribly, terribly unoriginal of me to keep bringing up like this. I'll bear it in mind for next time:)
I'd bet if they were Acer would report that fact if they were truly being stopped from selling Linux when they wanted to. I said its unoriginal to keep harping on this when trying to be funny, maybe you need some reading comprehension skills.
I'm open to the idea that you're attempting yet more mindless MS bashing. Even if your post was meant as a joke, its not funny, its been doing a billion times here already. So give it a rest.
Um, you've been able to sign executable in windows since at least Windows 2000. Its call Authenticode, and XP does read it. Vista takes it a step further by warning you if you run an unsigned application.
Perhaps we're not as far above animals as we think, and the girls would rather the strong guy that can protect and provide instead of some twig that plays D&D.
Then they'll be off at college, screw everyone in sight, catch some disease, and if its a woman, get pregnant. Or drink themselvse to death. Great way to raise your kids there..
And where's your research to support these assertions? The fact is, people tend to be vocal whenever they have strong feelings. I bet you that I can find plenty of people online talking about how happy they are with their iPhones, for example. And I can also find some people complaining about them. Reading various people's opinions, reviews, and experiences is a valid source of information. When a product receives lots of negative reviews online and in various publications, and few positive reviews, it's usually indicative of some sort of problem.
I didn't say you couldn't find someone with postitive things to say about anything; I don't think you'll find a large majority of those pleased people going out to message boards just to post "got my iphone, i love it!!" You'll get a few fanboys. There have been studies which/. features which showed this is valid. Go do some research.
You said you were having problems with a printer, and implied that other people's problems were also the result of poor driver support. Yes... that's a problem. I don't doubt that there is a lot of hardware that has Vista drivers, but I myself have had multiple problems with Vista drivers, including major hardware vendors failing to release Vista drivers for common hardware. Some old Windows XP/2000 drivers work, but others don't. I'm sorry, but failing to support common hardware is a problem. Really, it is.
I didn't imply anything. Try not to read into what people post, take what they say at face value. That's one of the things I hate about/.
At any rate, common likely also includes older technology. Of the products you're having problems with, how many have been discontinued? Quite a few I'm willing to be. Except for the one printer, every hardware driver I've attempted to get has Vista drivers released.
As far as Vista itself goes, it reconized and was able to use all of the devices on my computer without the need for the vendor drivers. I installed the vendor drivers anyway (who wants to use MS' NVidia drivers anyway) because I wanted to ensure my system was running at full potential. WinXp on the other hand couldn't do anything with my soundcard or built in network card. So it seems to me that Vista has expanded its hardware coverage, not reduced it.
Except that's not what happened is it? No apartments in his complex were broken into at the same time. As I said, the unit is *more* secure than the car, and the fact that cars get broken into more than apartments would back up that assertion.
While on one hand this is a case where the government is defending a law that helps the RIAA, the intervention would have happened regardless of whether the record companies were involved because the government has a duty to defend its laws.
No, the government has a duty to fulfill the wish of the people, since we allow it to operate.
That's an empty objection. Why wouldn't reading about other people's experiences count as one aspect of research?
Because as I've said the majority that are happy with it are not posting. People are VERY vocal when they want to complain about something; not so much when they like something. In other words if you're relying on internet stories for your research, you're already start off biased.
Lack of good drivers is a huge problem for an OS. I don't care how cool an OS is, if it won't run well on my hardware, I won't use it.
I didn't say that there was a lack of drivers for Vista. I said one particular company didn't make drivers for a particular model we have here. That doesn't mean that the old drivers don't work, or that there are not newer drivers for Vista. I'm sure there are already more vendors supplying Vista drivers than they do Linux.
Hmm, I'm bit skeptical of your post, mainly because Doom 3 and WOW DO have native linux ports, so I'm a bit suprised that you'd attempt to run them under Wine.
For your theory to work, people would have to buy whatever crap game is put out. Put out a crappy game, and you'll not likely even get 50% of the 2% market.
No, this is indeed the worst feature in windows, and it has been there from the dark ages of windows 3.1 - the extension of DOS, which is after all a single user OS and has no need for concurent file deletion (or is deemed unnecessary, that is). And this is hitting hard sometimes. For example, I am extending a BSD licensed library (CLucene) and in the internal workings there are several hacks to ignore the problem with undeletable files. You split the database in segments. If you want to merge two segments, you have to create a new one and delete the old ones. But if you're reading from the old segments (a valid operation, because we don't want to interrupt the operation of the user during updates!) they cannot be deleted. Therefore they are written in a.del file, and deleted when the last reader is closed. This of course can lead to severe lack of disk space, because the database is about 1GB. In Linux of course there is no such problem.
So basically your problem is that you designed your application with invalid assumptions about the environment? Also, I don't buy you're "running out of disk space" argument. Will Linux allow blocks of a deleted by still in use file to be overwritten? I would hope not, or your program is in trouble. If it doesn't, then you'll hit the same space requirements whether you've actually deleted the file or not.
Another example, I reinstalled a Vista computer with a recovery DVD yesterday. The system restarted about 10 times!!! Automatically, that is. Why? Because. Because updates and installations cannot be completed without reboot. Because you cannot replace system files in a running system. Security? Bull-shit. After all, a restart does the job fine. Just a limitation from the dark ages of computing.
Bullshit. I've done this, it restarts once. If you include third party apps, that's the third party apps misbehaving. They're actually doing what you are; assuming one thing about your environment while said enviroment doesn't actually work that way. Many installers insist you reboot when its not necessary at all, or they don't correctly stop running programs before attempting to update the files.
And please, don't tell me that "You have moved your mouse. Please restart your computer for the changes to take effect..." is the future of computing. When I install slackware with two boots, and the second is because I want to remove the boot CD from the drive!
Your view of reality is skewed; rebooting on Windows has been becoming less and less common, not more and more.
You don't need incidents of problems to know there's risk. There's always risk. Lets say that for every one Vista problem poster you had 250,000 users without a problem. Should that lead you to say "absolutely not?" Especially without evaluating the OS on your own hardware, with the software you actually use, in your own environment?
You also ignore any security risks; Vista does seem to be much more secure than XP. Even running as an admin, you're not really an admin. That in itself is a pretty big change that could help mitigate some risks.
My problem is that everyone ignores the risks of the current system and overplay risks with the new system, all without actually attempting to evaluate anything on their own.
I wouldn't tell my boss "without a second thought" without at least evaluating Vista.
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You don't see how you've signed away the right to build a fence of the HOA says no? Well you can split hairs all you like, but you still won't be allowed to build a fence. Also FWIW, the association doesn't own the neighborhood; each plot of land is owned by individuals, and the street is public property.
If your kids tear pages out of some of your books, do you think that publishers should give you another copy for "just the cost of media?"
Your argument is absurd, this was never expected from book or magazine publishers, VHS tapes or DVDs, why do you expect that software companies should give you a disc that got destroyed?
Maybe you should keep things out of reach of your kids if they are that destructive.
My problem with what they did though is that if they wanted to show him a piece of the movie, why not grab the movie trailer off the internet? There is no reason to record a movie while you're watching it in a theater.
How does the theater know they were only planning to record a bit of the film? How do they know they weren't trying to film the whole movie?
If they win, nothing will happen. Most people see how stupid someone is for using a camcorder in a movie theater.
Dangermouse's Grey album, like all mashups that haven't had their rights negotiated with the original artists' legal representatives are illegal.
Well, thank you for your ruling your honor.
Once upon a time, breaking the law was thought of as vaguely 'bad' and 'disgraceful', so the term sounds fine to me.
And then we were flooded with stupid laws, laws that most people don't want, and laws that were just downright immoral to enforce.
Saying that breaking a law (like the "blacks in back" from the 60s) is always bad or disgraceful is just plain stupid. We should not follow laws just because they are there, they need to reflect our beliefs and protect our freedom.
I believe the parent was claiming that if you *buy* the house, then *you* should have the right to decide if you have pets, not the seller. Once you sell somebody a house, you no longer have the rights to dictate what they can and cannot do with the house, because you sold the rights to them. Why shouldn't the same common sense apply to electronics?
I guess you've never heard of home owners associations though, where you DO *own* the house but signed away your rights to do certain things. For example, building a fence.
Oh please. The motivation for mod chips is to play games that you didn't buy. I'm not saying I think mod chips should be illegal, but don't try to claim that its mostly for legitimate purposes.
So are you suggesting that Microsoft are above placing pressure on an OEM not to bundle any OS other than Windows with their hardware?
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I'm suggesting that such a demand would get them into a lot of trouble and not stop Acer from doing so if they thought there was a market for it. Acer said its customers weren't demanding Linux, so instead of simply taking them at face value, you need some grand conspiracy as to why Linux isn't being offered everywhere. Note that Dell is offering Linux, so its unlikely that Acer feels pressure from MS.
Oh, I see. It's not that MS aren't engaged in anti competitive practices, just you think it's terribly, terribly unoriginal of me to keep bringing up like this. I'll bear it in mind for next time
I'd bet if they were Acer would report that fact if they were truly being stopped from selling Linux when they wanted to. I said its unoriginal to keep harping on this when trying to be funny, maybe you need some reading comprehension skills.
I'm open to the idea that you're attempting yet more mindless MS bashing. Even if your post was meant as a joke, its not funny, its been doing a billion times here already. So give it a rest.
Um, you've been able to sign executable in windows since at least Windows 2000. Its call Authenticode, and XP does read it. Vista takes it a step further by warning you if you run an unsigned application.
That's the stupidest thing I've heard today. MS isn't an Acer customer. Demand comes from customers, not one of your vendors.
That's not good... if their grade drops, they'll more likely have sex!!
Perhaps we're not as far above animals as we think, and the girls would rather the strong guy that can protect and provide instead of some twig that plays D&D.
So you're dating stalker patty?
That wasn't my college experience, although it was for a few of my friends similarly sheltered.
Then they'll be off at college, screw everyone in sight, catch some disease, and if its a woman, get pregnant. Or drink themselvse to death. Great way to raise your kids there..
So what do I do in the winter here in Vermont?
And where's your research to support these assertions? The fact is, people tend to be vocal whenever they have strong feelings. I bet you that I can find plenty of people online talking about how happy they are with their iPhones, for example. And I can also find some people complaining about them. Reading various people's opinions, reviews, and experiences is a valid source of information. When a product receives lots of negative reviews online and in various publications, and few positive reviews, it's usually indicative of some sort of problem.
/. features which showed this is valid. Go do some research.
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I didn't say you couldn't find someone with postitive things to say about anything; I don't think you'll find a large majority of those pleased people going out to message boards just to post "got my iphone, i love it!!" You'll get a few fanboys. There have been studies which
You said you were having problems with a printer, and implied that other people's problems were also the result of poor driver support. Yes... that's a problem. I don't doubt that there is a lot of hardware that has Vista drivers, but I myself have had multiple problems with Vista drivers, including major hardware vendors failing to release Vista drivers for common hardware. Some old Windows XP/2000 drivers work, but others don't. I'm sorry, but failing to support common hardware is a problem. Really, it is.
I didn't imply anything. Try not to read into what people post, take what they say at face value. That's one of the things I hate about
At any rate, common likely also includes older technology. Of the products you're having problems with, how many have been discontinued? Quite a few I'm willing to be. Except for the one printer, every hardware driver I've attempted to get has Vista drivers released.
As far as Vista itself goes, it reconized and was able to use all of the devices on my computer without the need for the vendor drivers. I installed the vendor drivers anyway (who wants to use MS' NVidia drivers anyway) because I wanted to ensure my system was running at full potential. WinXp on the other hand couldn't do anything with my soundcard or built in network card. So it seems to me that Vista has expanded its hardware coverage, not reduced it.
Except that's not what happened is it? No apartments in his complex were broken into at the same time. As I said, the unit is *more* secure than the car, and the fact that cars get broken into more than apartments would back up that assertion.
While on one hand this is a case where the government is defending a law that helps the RIAA, the intervention would have happened regardless of whether the record companies were involved because the government has a duty to defend its laws.
No, the government has a duty to fulfill the wish of the people, since we allow it to operate.
That's an empty objection. Why wouldn't reading about other people's experiences count as one aspect of research?
Because as I've said the majority that are happy with it are not posting. People are VERY vocal when they want to complain about something; not so much when they like something. In other words if you're relying on internet stories for your research, you're already start off biased.
Lack of good drivers is a huge problem for an OS. I don't care how cool an OS is, if it won't run well on my hardware, I won't use it.
I didn't say that there was a lack of drivers for Vista. I said one particular company didn't make drivers for a particular model we have here. That doesn't mean that the old drivers don't work, or that there are not newer drivers for Vista. I'm sure there are already more vendors supplying Vista drivers than they do Linux.
Hmm, I'm bit skeptical of your post, mainly because Doom 3 and WOW DO have native linux ports, so I'm a bit suprised that you'd attempt to run them under Wine.
For your theory to work, people would have to buy whatever crap game is put out. Put out a crappy game, and you'll not likely even get 50% of the 2% market.
Um, people cannot be told to destory thier own property because a third party did something wrong.
No, this is indeed the worst feature in windows, and it has been there from the dark ages of windows 3.1 - the extension of DOS, which is after all a single user OS and has no need for concurent file deletion (or is deemed unnecessary, that is). And this is hitting hard sometimes. For example, I am extending a BSD licensed library (CLucene) and in the internal workings there are several hacks to ignore the problem with undeletable files. You split the database in segments. If you want to merge two segments, you have to create a new one and delete the old ones. But if you're reading from the old segments (a valid operation, because we don't want to interrupt the operation of the user during updates!) they cannot be deleted. Therefore they are written in a .del file, and deleted when the last reader is closed. This of course can lead to severe lack of disk space, because the database is about 1GB. In Linux of course there is no such problem.
So basically your problem is that you designed your application with invalid assumptions about the environment? Also, I don't buy you're "running out of disk space" argument. Will Linux allow blocks of a deleted by still in use file to be overwritten? I would hope not, or your program is in trouble. If it doesn't, then you'll hit the same space requirements whether you've actually deleted the file or not.
Another example, I reinstalled a Vista computer with a recovery DVD yesterday. The system restarted about 10 times!!! Automatically, that is. Why? Because. Because updates and installations cannot be completed without reboot. Because you cannot replace system files in a running system. Security? Bull-shit. After all, a restart does the job fine. Just a limitation from the dark ages of computing.
Bullshit. I've done this, it restarts once. If you include third party apps, that's the third party apps misbehaving. They're actually doing what you are; assuming one thing about your environment while said enviroment doesn't actually work that way. Many installers insist you reboot when its not necessary at all, or they don't correctly stop running programs before attempting to update the files.
And please, don't tell me that "You have moved your mouse. Please restart your computer for the changes to take effect..." is the future of computing. When I install slackware with two boots, and the second is because I want to remove the boot CD from the drive!
Your view of reality is skewed; rebooting on Windows has been becoming less and less common, not more and more.
You don't need incidents of problems to know there's risk. There's always risk. Lets say that for every one Vista problem poster you had 250,000 users without a problem. Should that lead you to say "absolutely not?" Especially without evaluating the OS on your own hardware, with the software you actually use, in your own environment?
You also ignore any security risks; Vista does seem to be much more secure than XP. Even running as an admin, you're not really an admin. That in itself is a pretty big change that could help mitigate some risks.
My problem is that everyone ignores the risks of the current system and overplay risks with the new system, all without actually attempting to evaluate anything on their own.
I wouldn't tell my boss "without a second thought" without at least evaluating Vista.